{"id":39910,"date":"2026-05-13T12:15:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T06:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=39910"},"modified":"2026-05-14T11:35:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T06:05:19","slug":"agalega-islands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/agalega-islands\/","title":{"rendered":"Agalega Islands"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Agalega Islands Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As strategic competition in the Indian Ocean intensifies, Agal\u00e9ga is no longer being seen as merely a remote island territory. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Agalega Islands<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>two-island dependency of Mauritius<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in the <\/span><b>western Indian Ocean. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It comprises<\/span><b> two low-lying coral islands:<\/b> <b>North Island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the <\/span><b>main inhabited island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and <\/span><b>South Island.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They lie about <\/span><b>1,000 km north of Mauritius<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and have a total land area of 70 sq.km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Together, they extend over 24 kilometres in length and measure no more than 3.25 kilometres in width.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The two islands are <\/span><b>connected by a natural sandbank<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that can be crossed on foot during low tide.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has a <\/span><b>native population <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of about <\/span><b>300 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">people.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The archipelago\u2019s <\/span><b>economy <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is mostly reliant on the<\/span><b> exportation of coconut oil.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The islands are <\/span><b>famous for their coconuts,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which are their <\/span><b>main source of income,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as the Agalega day gecko.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Significance for India:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agalega is <\/span><b>strategically important <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">because of its <\/span><b>location in the Indian Ocean sea lanes.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies about<\/span><b> 3,400 kilometers southwest of India\u2019s southern tip<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>India, under a bilateral agreement<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with Mauritius, has <\/span><b>constructed a 3,000-meter-long airstrip and deep-sea jetty<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Agalega.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The island is now effectively being transformed into a <\/span><b>logistics and surveillance base<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that<\/span><b> gives India an unprecedented maritime reach<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> across the southern and western Indian Ocean.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its location <\/span><b>bridges India&#8217;s western command with Africa<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, linking to the Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the east. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/zeenews.india.com\/india\/forget-malacca-india-may-lock-china-s-backyard-what-s-behind-the-agal-ga-island-game-3046943.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>ZEE<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agalega Islands is a two-island dependency of Mauritius, in the western Indian Ocean. 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